各研究组： 

　　为进一步加强研究所英文网站建设，有针对性地提高英文信息员的业务能力，中科院国际合作局将于11月8日在北京举办英文写作讲座。培训内容包括：如何写作地道的英语，如何撰写英文材料、英语新闻，英文通用写作和英语新闻写作案例分析讲解。全英文授课，需要听众具有一定的英语听力水平。 

　　我所届时将开通同步视频系统，请各研究组秘书/英文信息员(英文新闻撰稿人)参加培训，同时欢迎有兴趣提高英语写作水平的职工/学生参加。 

　　由于现有视频系统场地的限制（新研究生大厦十五楼第三会议室），请拟参会人员填写培训报名表，并于11月3日前反馈至 liudz@dicp.ac.cn，以便我们决定是否需要启用分会场。 

　　联系人：科技处 刘丹竹（9178） 

　　培训时间：2013年11月8日（星期五） 13:30-16:30 

　　主讲人：Kathryn Minnick国际合作局特聘专家 

Kathryn Minnick has been involved with China in different capacities for over 30 years. She first came to China as a tourist in 1979. In the intervening years, she has lived in Beijing for over 14 years and travelled to many parts of China. Kathryn has a master’s degree in Chinese Area Studies from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) as well as a master’s of journalism and mass communication from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, among other degrees. During the last few years, she taught broadcast writing at the university level and has worked as an editor, writer and occasional translator, most recently at Xinhua News Agency. 

Kathryn has an excellent grasp of English grammar, vocabulary and writing fundamentals, as evidenced by her score of over 800 on the English portion of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).